Imitation-fur rug.



S. E. GREASBY.

IMITATION FUR RUG.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.18, 1911.

1,009,480. Patented 111111.21, 1911.

WITIVESSES: I INVENTOR %mn 6m 4 Jamaehf C7 ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN 00., WASHINGTON, n. c.

SAMUEL E.- CREASEY, OF ALFRED, MAINE.

IMI'I'ATION-FUR RUG.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 21, 1911.

Application filed March 18, 1911. Serial No. 615,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. CREAsEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Alfred, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Imitation-Fur Rug, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to produce an artificial rug imitating in color, form and nap an animals skin, trimmed, ornamented and arranged in simulation of the rugs formed from natural skins; and to produce an article of the character mentioned which is economical and durable.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in both views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of a rug constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Rugs constructed in accordance with the present invention may be utilized in nearly every manner in which rugs constructed from natural skins may be employed. A suitable plush or heavy napped fabric is provided, which is colored by staining, printing or other suitable method to form, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, an imitation of the coloring, marking and shape of an animals skin. In said Fig. 1 the skin imitated fabric is designated by the numeral 7. To further simulate the peculiarities of furs the fabric is provided originally with an extra long nap, which nap is trimmed either prior or subsequent to the marking or coloring to imitate the long and short hair sections of the skin. The fabric 7 is then provided with claws 8 constructed from celluloid, bone or other suitable material, which, when secured in position, add to the natural skin eflect. The fabric 7 with the claws 8 attached is then sewed upon a lining 9 formed of any suitable material such as flannel, the edges whereof are scalloped or pinked in the manner usual with the mounting of skin fur rugs.

Where the rug is to be used as a floor rug, and where further illusion is desired the head is mounted, as the term is, a papiermach or other suitable cranium 10 being provided. The cranium 10 is provided with teeth 11 and eyes 12, as in rugs of ordinary construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is As an article of manufacture, a rug comprising an upper cover constructed from long nap woven material, colored, marked, trimmed and shaped in simulation of the fur of an animal; a lining constructed from flexible material of suitable shape having edges extended beyond the said upper cover, said lining being rigidly secured to said cover to relieve the said cover of stretching strains; a rigid cranium form mounted between said cover and said lining to simulate the skull of an animal; and eye and claw trimmings suitably mounted upon said cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. GREASEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY G. LITTLEFIELD, CHAS. S. LORD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

